MARIGOT:--- The first Sail Training Vessels of the season have arrived and several are sailing already again in the Caribbean.
The "Corwith Cramer" came through the Islands and is already in Puerto Rico, the "Frederick Chopin" is in Antigua and will come to St. Martin soon, and the "Eendracht" was a few days in Marigot and is actually sailing to Paramaribo, the Cayman Islands and later to the Dominican Republic before coming back to St.Martin in February.
The Roald Amundsen is sailing across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to Marigot and will arrive in the next weeks.
The Dutch sail training vessel Wylde Swan (the largest two mast topsail schooner in the world) has arrived in Dominica and will be in St.Martin on January 15th.
The Norwegian Tall Ship Christian Radich which was in Great Bay last season is coming back also and will this time come to Galisbay in Marigot as from December 28th.
The Caribbean Sail Training Association who coordinates the visits of many of the Sail Training Vessels in the Caribbean has several other ships on the scheduled list for this season.
The CSTA will again organize "Open Ship" days as in the past years with the continuing cooperation of the Maritime School of the West Indies and some other sponsors, to offer the opportunity for the general public to visit some of the vessels while they are here.
They will also invite youngsters again to sail on some of the vessels for a day and for a week or two on some others during the ship's visits in the Caribbean Islands.
More information will be posted in www.CaribbeanSailTrainingAssociation.org in the beginning of the New Year and exact dates and other useful info will also be published in the press.